Obama Administration to Increase HBCU Funding


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Obama Administration to Increase HBCU Funding

Date: Monday, February 01, 2010, 5:45 am
By: Frederick Cosby, Special to BlackAmericaWeb.com

President Barack Obama will call for a $98 million boost in federal spending for historically black colleges and universities Monday when the White House unveils its fiscal year 2011 budget.

Administration officials are hoping the funding will stave off criticism from black college presidents and alumni, who complained last year the administration’s decision not to pursue renewing a George W. Bush-era HBCU funding program actually resulted in a budget cut to the cash-strapped schools.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, appearing Sunday on TV One’s “Washington Watch with Roland Martin,†announced Obama’s intention ahead of the White House’s official rollout of its estimated $3.8 trillion budget proposal.

“We have great news, that, going forward, we’re proposing in the budget an increase of $98 million annually for HBCUs, so that’s a tremendous commitment,†Duncan said in response to a question from Martin. “I said from Day One we desperately need HBCUs not just to survive, but to thrive.â€

In addition, Duncan said the administration is seeking increases in Pell grants – with an eye towards doubling Pell opportunities for HBCU students - Perkins Loans and tuition tax credits.
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I like what I'm hearing, but we need Obama to give billions to HBCUs just like he gave billions to ACORN. $98 million is not acceptable when we have a black president handing out billions to bankers, AIG, and socialist organizations.

I don't care too much for PWCs, but I do care about the funding HBCUs receive from the FEDS........not enough.
 



jag4life said:
When did Obama give Billions to ACORN?
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Obama's Bill Hands ACORN $5.2 Billion Bailout

By: David A. Patten

A rising chorus of GOP leaders are protesting that the blockbuster Democratic stimulus package would provide up to a whopping $5.2 billion for ACORN, the left-leaning nonprofit group under federal investigation for massive voter fraud.

Most of the money is secreted away under an item in the now $836 billion package titled “Neighborhood Stabilization Programs.”

http://newsmax.com/Headline/obama-bailout-bill/2009/12/12/id/341743



Show ACORN the Money

By Matthew Vadum on 2.2.10

ACORN and other left-wing advocacy groups could be eligible for up to $3.99 billion in federal funding included in the $3.83 trillion fiscal 2011 budget blueprint that President Obama unveiled yesterday.

The $3.99 billion comes from a congressional slush fund known as the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, which is part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) $48.5 billion fiscal 2011 budget. CDBG grants, which are awarded to states and localities, pass indirectly to ACORN.

How is more funding of ACORN possible when Congress passed a ban on funding the group and its affiliates just last year? http://spectator.org/archives/2010/02/02/show-acorn-the-money
 
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From FactCheck.org

Q: Does the stimulus bill include a $5.2 billion payoff for ACORN?

A: The bill does include funds for which ACORN would be eligible to compete - against hundreds of other groups. But most is for a housing rehabilitation program ACORN says it never applied for in the past and won’t in the future.

FULL QUESTION

I would appreciate having FactCheck.org look into whether ACORN will receive $5.23 billion from the Obama stimulus package under the guise of “stabilizing neighborhoods.†I have been bombarded by e-mails from an acquaintance about this. What can you find about this? Thank you.

FULL ANSWER

For the past two weeks, Republicans have been raising a new charge against a familiar enemy, claiming that the Democrats’ stimulus bill includes as much as $5.2 billion in "goodies" for the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN). Last fall, Republicans accused ACORN of "massive voter fraud," a claim which we said was exaggerated. The group has since become a favorite target of Republicans, so it understandably raises a few hackles when House Republican leader John Boehner’s Web site proclaims that the bill provides "a taxpayer-funded bonanza" for ACORN. And Republican Sen. David Vitter goes even further, telling Newsmax TV that the provisions amount to "a political payoff." Also, the National Republican Trust PAC has taken up the issue in fundraising pitches. But these claims are wildly exaggerated and rely upon faulty logic.

Let’s start with the (very few) claims that critics get right. The House version of the stimulus bill does indeed include about $1 billion in funding for the Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) program and another $4.2 billion ($2.2 billion in the Senate’s version) in funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). Neither program is new: CDBG has been around since President Ford (a Republican) signed it into law in 1974, while the NSP was authorized in 2008 as part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act signed into law by President Bush.

On its Web site, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which runs both programs, describes CDBG as "a flexible program that provides communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs." But those funds cannot be used for anything resembling ACORN’s controversial voter registration programs. HUD has very strict rules for projects that can be funded through CDBG grants, including promotion of home ownership and micro-enterprise assistance. ACORN has long been eligible for CDBG funds, and Boehner’s Web site points out that the group has received almost $1.6 million (not billion) in CDBG grants over a four-year span.

NSP’s mission is more limited: Its funds are used to purchase foreclosed or abandoned homes, redevelop and then resell them, with the aim of stabilizing home prices. Boehner and Vitter claimed to smell a rat in the stimulus package’s language that allows nonprofit entities to compete directly for NSP funds. When the NSP was created last year, only state and local governments were eligible to participate in the program. The new language in the stimulus bill, Republicans argue, is a way to funnel money to ACORN.

We make no judgments about the wisdom of allowing nonprofits to compete with state and local governments for NSP funds. Is this a "payoff" or "goodies" for liberal allies, or for ACORN specifically? Actually, both programs hand out grants only on a competitive basis. ACORN – and any other nonprofit entity – would be eligible to compete for NSP funds (as it already does for CDBG funds), but the key words here are "eligible" and "compete."

Competition would likely be stiff. In 2008, NSP’s first year, states handed out funds to a total of 308 grantees. The NSP rules would require ACORN to show that it would spend the money to renovate and resell foreclosed homes more efficiently than other applicants.


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zbnupe7 said:
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I'm pizzed because Obama threw crumbs at HBCUs, but gave ACORN a steak dinner. This type of schit should not be happnin when we have a black president in office. HBCUs have been around longer, and do more good for black folks and the community than ACORN. There is no reason HBCUs should get crumbs($98 million) that fall from a black master's table.:shame:
 
zbnupe7 said:
From FactCheck.org

Q: Does the stimulus bill include a $5.2 billion payoff for ACORN?

A: The bill does include funds for which ACORN would be eligible to compete - against hundreds of other groups. But most is for a housing rehabilitation program ACORN says it never applied for in the past and won’t in the future.

FULL QUESTION

I would appreciate having FactCheck.org look into whether ACORN will receive $5.23 billion from the Obama stimulus package under the guise of “stabilizing neighborhoods.” I have been bombarded by e-mails from an acquaintance about this. What can you find about this? Thank you.

FULL ANSWER

For the past two weeks, Republicans have been raising a new charge against a familiar enemy, claiming that the Democrats’ stimulus bill includes as much as $5.2 billion in "goodies" for the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN). Last fall, Republicans accused ACORN of "massive voter fraud," a claim which we said was exaggerated. The group has since become a favorite target of Republicans, so it understandably raises a few hackles when House Republican leader John Boehner’s Web site proclaims that the bill provides "a taxpayer-funded bonanza" for ACORN. And Republican Sen. David Vitter goes even further, telling Newsmax TV that the provisions amount to "a political payoff." Also, the National Republican Trust PAC has taken up the issue in fundraising pitches. But these claims are wildly exaggerated and rely upon faulty logic.

Let’s start with the (very few) claims that critics get right. The House version of the stimulus bill does indeed include about $1 billion in funding for the Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) program and another $4.2 billion ($2.2 billion in the Senate’s version) in funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). Neither program is new: CDBG has been around since President Ford (a Republican) signed it into law in 1974, while the NSP was authorized in 2008 as part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act signed into law by President Bush.

On its Web site, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which runs both programs, describes CDBG as "a flexible program that provides communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs." But those funds cannot be used for anything resembling ACORN’s controversial voter registration programs. HUD has very strict rules for projects that can be funded through CDBG grants, including promotion of home ownership and micro-enterprise assistance. ACORN has long been eligible for CDBG funds, and Boehner’s Web site points out that the group has received almost $1.6 million (not billion) in CDBG grants over a four-year span.

NSP’s mission is more limited: Its funds are used to purchase foreclosed or abandoned homes, redevelop and then resell them, with the aim of stabilizing home prices. Boehner and Vitter claimed to smell a rat in the stimulus package’s language that allows nonprofit entities to compete directly for NSP funds. When the NSP was created last year, only state and local governments were eligible to participate in the program. The new language in the stimulus bill, Republicans argue, is a way to funnel money to ACORN.

We make no judgments about the wisdom of allowing nonprofits to compete with state and local governments for NSP funds. Is this a "payoff" or "goodies" for liberal allies, or for ACORN specifically? Actually, both programs hand out grants only on a competitive basis. ACORN – and any other nonprofit entity – would be eligible to compete for NSP funds (as it already does for CDBG funds), but the key words here are "eligible" and "compete."

Competition would likely be stiff. In 2008, NSP’s first year, states handed out funds to a total of 308 grantees. The NSP rules would require ACORN to show that it would spend the money to renovate and resell foreclosed homes more efficiently than other applicants.


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How is more funding of ACORN possible when Congress passed a ban on funding the group and its affiliates just last year?

My real question is, why can't Obama provide billions for HBCUs to compete for and receive?
 
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PVSAX99 said:
Sounds about right....

Anything Obama does would pizz you or any of you right wingers off.

What exactly have the Republicans done for HBCU's?
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If he increase HBCU funding to at least $1 billion, get rid of an illegal income tax, increase defense funding, and etc........then this would not pizz off Republicans.
 
ROYAL BLUE said:
If he increase HBCU funding to at least $1 billion, get rid of an illegal income tax, increase defense funding, and etc........then this would not pizz off Republicans.
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That's an oxymoron. Are you really this extreme right or are you being "sarcastic"?
 
ROYAL BLUE said:
If he increase HBCU funding to at least $1 billion, get rid of an illegal income tax, increase defense funding, and etc........then this would not pizz off Republicans.
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PVSAX99 said:
Sounds about right....

Anything Obama does would pizz you or any of you right wingers off.

What exactly have the Republicans done for HBCU's?
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:topic:

What does Acorn or what you just said have to do with the price of tea in China again? STOP diverting and answer the question.

Or are you suggesting that the Republicans want to, or have increased HBCU funding to at least one billion dollars?
 
J C said:
That's an oxymoron. Are you really this extreme right or are you being "sarcastic"?
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I'll start a new thread because the following is off topic......

I'm serious about what I stated. The income tax is "illegal" and it doesn't take a lawyer to point this out in the constitution. The government does not have the right to tax our income, and the constitution does not give the government the right to tax our income. If that be the case, then why are we allowing the government to pimp us out of our God given right to keep what we earn?

Am I extreme right? Yes, I am in my "right" mind. I'm for what's right, and not what's wrong. Just because the government force income tax on the American people doesn't make it right. We should always go to the constitution to because it's the law of the land. The constitution tells the government how they should govern the American people, and the government has ignored the constitution on many levels. For example, the constitution clearly states it is forbidden for America to borrow from foreign nations; but today we are borrowing from our worst enemy. The constitution clearly states only congress has the power to issue our currency; but today "International Bankers" are in charge of our currency.

Let me close with the following. IMO, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated because he gave America its own currency to live as a debt free powerful nation. Today we are only a powerful nation terribly in debt. Why, when the constitution told us what to do to stay out of debt?
 
How can you end the income tax and increase spending for DoD and HBCUs? Where do you propose getting the revenue?
 
J C said:
How can you end the income tax and increase spending for DoD and HBCUs? Where do you propose getting the revenue?
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Maybe they will turn to their RICH buddies who own these big businesses and get them to fork over the dough. Good luck with that. They don't care about no HBCUs over on the right...especially when money is the subject.

Which is why I can't understand for the life of me why they are whining about what the Obama administration is doing for our HBCUs. It's way more than what they have done or will ever do.
 
J C said:
How can you end the income tax and increase spending for DoD and HBCUs? Where do you propose getting the revenue?
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.....a national sales tax, get rid of programs like social security, unemployment, and medicare for able body citizens. Remember, when you have your own currency you can print as much as you want because it's interest/debt free currency. If this nation wanted, it could fund all of those programs with our own currency. Abraham Lincoln and Kennedy made attempts to give the American people their own currency, however the international bankers prevented them from making it permanent.:shame:
 
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